Terebinthina

tereb

Common name: Oil of Turpentine(Allen, Keynotes (1910), p. 288)

Has a selective affinity for bleeding mucous surfaces. Tympanites and urinary symptoms very marked. Inflammation of kidneys, with hæmorrhages-dark, passive, fetid. Bright's disease preceded by dropsy (Goullon). Drowsiness and strangury. Coma. Unbroken chilblains. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →

These texts come from 4 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.

Where each author writes about Terebinthina

A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.

Topic	Boger	Allen	Boericke
Keynotes	1	1	none
General	none	none	1
Modalities	2	none	none
Head	none	none	1
Eyes	none	none	1
Ears	none	none	1
Mouth	none	1	1
Stomach	none	none	1
Abdomen	none	1	1
Rectum	none	1	none
Urinary	none	none	1
Female	none	none	1
Respiratory	none	none	1
Heart	none	none	1
Back	none	none	1
Skin	none	none	1
Fever	none	none	1

Relationships

Follows well after:: Baptisia tinctoria (Allen)
Antidoted by:: Phosphorus (Boericke)
Related:: Cantharis (Boger),; Erigeron canadensis (Boger),; Phosphorus (Boger)

As each book states it.

Terebinthina in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931

KeynotesKidneys affected, with rheumatism. Sudden, grippy aching. Stiff, sore muscles. Pain; excites urination; along larger nerves. Burning; tip of tongue, epigastrium; small of back; kidney; uterus, etc. Congestion. HÆMORRHAGE; passive; oozing mucous surfaces. .................... Exhausted and sensitive. Smooth, sore, glossy tongue. Bruised, sore abdomen and bladder. Flatulence. Tympanites. Ascites.

Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.

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Terebinthina in Allen's Keynotes

H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel

KeynotesTerebinthina Oil of Turpentine. A Volatile Oil. The urine has the odor of violets. Tongue: smooth, glossy, red, as if deprived of papillae, or as if glazed (Pyr.) ; elevated papillae; coating peels off in patches leaving bright red spots, or entire coating cleans off suddenly (in exanthemata) ; dry and red; burning in tip (compare, Mur. ac.). Abdomen : extremely sensitive to touch .

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Terebinthina in Clinical Materia Medica

Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel

LectureLecture XXX — Coniferae — Abies nigra, Sabina, Terebinthina, Pix liquida and Thuja occidentalis; Euphorbiaceae — Croton tiglium, etc. Terebinthina. Terebinthina, or turpentine, is a drug which has been much abused by old-school physicians, and has therefore been greatly neglected by homoeopaths. In the revulsion from the misconceptions of the oldschool physicians, we often avoid a drug altogether.

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Terebinthina in Homoeopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)

GeneralHas a selective affinity for bleeding mucous surfaces. Tympanites and urinary symptoms very marked. Inflammation of kidneys, with hæmorrhages-dark, passive, fetid. Bright's disease preceded by dropsy (Goullon). Drowsiness and strangury. Coma. Unbroken chilblains.

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Where the repertories grade Terebinthina highest

Rubrics in which Terebinthina has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.

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